A student was studying the planets of the solar system. The student gathered information on the seven other planets besides Eart
h and organized it in a table. The column with the planet names was accidentally deleted. The student must infer from the remaining data as much as possible about the planets. Which statements can be inferred from the data? Select ALL that apply. A) Planets that are farther from the sun tend to support life. B) Planets that are closer to the sun tend to be smaller in size. C) Planets that orbit closer to the sun tend to have rockier surfaces. D) Planets that are about the same size as Earth tend to support life. E) Planets that are farther from the sun tend to have a more gaseous surface composition.
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Explanation - The first four planets (Inner Planets) in the solar system are very small, made of rocks, and are closest to the sun. The last four planets (Outer Planets) are always so big because they are made of gas, and they are farther away from the sun.
Dead producers and consumers and their waste products provide matter and energy to decomposers. Decomposers transform matter back into inorganic forms that can be recycled within the ecosystem. So, the energy that enters an ecosystem as sunlight eventually flows out of the ecosystem in the form of heat.
Periapsis is the point when the orbiting object comes the closest to the thing it is orbiting around; for example, the moon is at periapsis when it is closest to the Earth.
